Kham

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /kʌm/ Homophones: come, cum Rhymes: -ʌm === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Tibetan ཁམས (khams). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: käm ==== Proper noun ==== Kham One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Transliteration of Lao ຄຳ (kham). ==== Proper noun ==== Kham (plural Khams) A surname from Lao. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Kham is the 38155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Kham is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (86.4%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299. “Kham, Kam”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kham”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[8], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1545, column 3: “Sometimes spelled Kam.” === Anagrams === HKMA